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The Loneliness of Governor Schwarzenegger
LA Times ^
| 7/12/10
| Jennifer Steinhauer
Posted on 07/12/2010 2:50:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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conservative, hardly.. in any way shape or form..
disappointed people? lots of ‘em.. lots
is that wails and lamentations of taxpayers I hear in the distance?
so long Gub.
Nice try,, but no cigar.
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posted on
07/12/2010 2:53:43 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/12/2010 2:55:05 PM PDT
by
basil
(It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
To: NormsRevenge
Oh Boo Hoo. The guy is a freakin RINO.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:03:07 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: NormsRevenge
He clearly goes down as the biggest political reformer in modern history of California, said Jim Brulte, a Republican and a former lawmaker who has not always agreed with the governor. Reformer? Is that what you call it? I can think of other words.
He did more to kill conservatism and bankrupt the state than anyone in the history of California, IMO.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:03:45 PM PDT
by
calcowgirl
("California just got the best politicians money can buy." -- AuntB)
To: NormsRevenge
He made a better Terminator than a governor.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:06:03 PM PDT
by
lardog
(Write in "Dump Obama" on your ballot in November. A vote of No Confidence)
To: NormsRevenge; calcowgirl; Impy
I said in 2003 he’d be an epic fail disaster and he’s proven I wuz right.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:24:47 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: fieldmarshaldj
But he delivered California for Bush!
(oh.... wait a minute...)
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:33:01 PM PDT
by
calcowgirl
("California just got the best politicians money can buy." -- AuntB)
To: calcowgirl
...and McCain and... *cough*
Gee whiz, how many times did I shoot down those bull$hit claims that Ah-nold would be like the magical Republican genie ? Where are all those lying asshat sycophants and paid bots now ?
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:40:56 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
Arnie has no friends because he pisses of EVERYONE!
Arnie has NO PRINCIPLES.
Arnie is in no man's land because of his arbitrary political ideology. Arnie deserves this. Perhaps he will force him to do some soul searching.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:44:06 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: calcowgirl
Yea, he sure did, didn’t he!
But he delivered California for Bush!
(oh.... wait a minute...)
I distictly remember Biblical Christinaity CHEERING everyone on to vote for Arnie. I couldn’t believe it. Maybe NOW, he “sees the light”?
I had addressed this to him but see he changed his moniker.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:46:38 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: fieldmarshaldj; calcowgirl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YHsgLTZzk
This is the Arnold many were hoping for...he may have still been there at the very start but then decided to go for political expediency shortly into his tenure in office.
To: nmh
If you try to be all things to all people you end up being nothing to everyone.
To: NormsRevenge
You would have thought an actor would have learned a little from the movies. Mr. Miyagi said it best in the "Karate Kid:"
"Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later get squish just like grape."
But I think Arnold did a little talking on the right side and more walking on the left.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:51:50 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: Republican Wildcat
Yes ... .
Pragmatism doesn’t work out well.
Standing on the RIGHT principles does work out well, eventually.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:56:37 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: NormsRevenge
So the author doesn't realize the irony of her own article.
Arnold did everything that the Left wanted Republicans to do. He moved to the middle, placated the environmentalists, and tried to work with Dems. In short, he was the very essence of that magical "moderate" Republicans that the Dems and liberal media tout incessantly.
So what happens? Predictably, he's still hated by the Left because he's still a Republican and didn't go far enough, he's hated by the Right for abandoning conservatism, and the independents are simply disillusioned.
It's the biggest lie in politics: That Republicans need to move to the middle in order to win elections. If Arnold would have been a bold conservative, he would have been a true hero.
Now, Whitman is doing the same thing. Chasing after those mythical moderate voters, sucking up to the illegals, etc. She is spending millions of dollars to essentially be Arnold's 3rd term.
To: NormsRevenge
What real conservative would marry a Kennedy family member?
Good riddens Govenor. You have been terminated!
To: NormsRevenge
Arnold Schwarzenegger never had what it took to become governor in the first place. California has perhaps the stupidest electorate in the nation. They put this clown into office in a special election where they had the chance to put in a really good candidate in Tom McClintock. But in California it's cool to have a movie star as governor. Well the typical California troglodyte voter made their voice heard and we have a mess on our hands. Arnold didn't have the smarts or savvy or the education or the background/experience for the job and anyone paying attention should have know that. I warned people that he wasn't up to the job but I know several who voted for him anyway. I guess they really believed he was gonna go to Sacramento and kick *ss. He went to Sacramento and got rolled.
If you voted for Arnold first time around you need some remedial training.
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posted on
07/12/2010 4:03:32 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
>In short, he was the very essence of that magical “moderate” Republicans that the Dems and liberal media tout incessantly.<
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Another ‘Maverick’ like that senator from AZ that many in that state want to re-elect.
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posted on
07/12/2010 4:17:31 PM PDT
by
353FMG
(ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
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